Thursday, December 24, 2015

Happy holidays everyone! As, Retro Treasures will be taking a few days off, I thought I'd search and post something I had always associated with this time of the year: The Adventures of Willy Beamish as developed by Dynamix and published by Sierra. A cartoon-y adventure game that's I've loved since I was a child.

So, here's a fine copy of Willy Beamish (Amiga) up for grabs on eBay. It's the German Amiga version of the game and it comes in its glorious box with all the 3.5" disks, the excellent manual, the stickers and that pizza leaflet. Seller ships worldwide.

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

The famously butcheredNES version of the first true point and click adventure has made itself available via this Maniac Mansion (NES)eBay auction. It's a surprisingly good consolized take of the excellent game and it does come on its hefty 8-bit cartridge complete with its box, manual and sleeve.

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

If you care for cute handheld 8-bit consoles and/or cannot get enough Hello Kitty in your life this rather unexpected Hello Kitty GameBoy ColoreBay auction should be of interest. This limited edition, pink GameBoy has been thoroughly tested and is fully working. It comes with a Hello Kitty Charm Strap.

Monday, December 21, 2015

Not the best fantasy hack-'n'-slash to ever grace the SNES, but definitely a solid 16-bit arcade offering with nice visuals, the PAL version of King Of Dragons for the Super Nintendo is a very rare and expensive game nonetheless. Expect this King of Dragons (SNES)eBay auction to reach a pretty impressive price then, as it is indeed the complete boxed PAL version that's being sold.

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Another day, another classic. This time for the ZX Spectrum and by the legendary Ultimate Play The Game, it's jaw-dropper Underwurlde complete in its impressive-for-the-era box and up for auction on eBay.

Friday, December 18, 2015

If you've never heard of Project Firestart before, I suggest you start off by reading this excellent piece on the game over at Hardcore Gaming 101. You'll discover this was a ground breaking survival horror space offering for the C64 that oozes atmosphere, quality and innovation like no other. You'll probably also discover you simply have to play it and head over to C64.com.

If you actually discover you want to own a physical copy of this rather rare Dynamix-developed piece of gaming history, well, this lovely Project Firestart (C64)eBay auction is definitely for you. It's the original Electronic Arts / Dynamix release of the game --the disk version to be precise-- that's on offer and it comes in its finely preserved box.

Thursday, December 17, 2015

A Commodore 64, one of the millions of the incredibly popular 8-bit micros still around, is both an excellent game machine and a lovely vintage computer to play with. Especially if you are interested in its unique SID music chip. Oh, and you can grab one just in time for the holidays via this Commodore 64eBay auction.

The micro comes in its original box with power unit, necessary cables, the manual, a book filled with type-ins and over 100 boxed and mostly excellent games. Among these you'll find such classics as Football Manager, Ghostbusters, The Great Escape, Gridrunner, AD&D Heroes of the Lance, Bruce Lee and Blagger.

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

The US version of the SNES, the worse looking entry to Nintendo's glorious 16-bit console family, is --as expected-- an amazing platform to play on, which you should be able to find out yourselves by bidding on this Nintendo Super NESeBay auction. Not only will you be getting a tested and fully working NTSC console with two controllers and everything you need to set it up, but also five games.

Five excellent games to be precise that really do showcase what the SNES is all about: Super Mario World, Clay Fighter, Super Return of the Jedi, Madden '97 and Street Fighter II.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Not only was R-Type III a Super Famicom and SNES exclusive, it was also one of the system's very best shmups and great installment to the R-Type saga. Oh, and you can bid on this R-Type III cartridgeeBay auction for the Super Famicom version of the game.

Monday, December 14, 2015

Complete in its 32KB, proper keyboard glory this BBC Micro currently being auctioned off on eBay should be working fine and is thus a great opportunity to grab the computer that defined British education. What's more it comes with the Welcome booklet and 20 games including The Ket Trilogy, Skirmish, Ransack, Strike Force Harrier and Winter Olympics.

Friday, December 11, 2015

The mark I Sega MegaDrive looks absolutely lovely on top of the mark I Sega Mega CD and, what's more important, the combo allows for some pretty lovely (or at the very least pretty intriguing) early CD-based gaming and some absolutely classic 16-bit cartridge-based gaming.

To own such a set, you could bid on this Sega MegaDrive / Mega CD combo eBay auction. Consoles aside, you'll also be getting two controllers, the PSUs, the cables and 9 games on both CD and cart. The games include Sonic The Hedgehog, Jaguar XJ220, Cobra Command and Sol-Feace.

Thursday, December 10, 2015

One of the best pieces of interactive fiction Infocom ever produced, Wishbringer is an amazing text adventure with top quality writing, impressive design and themes that actually matter. Is also is a brilliant game you can grab via this Wishbringer (Atari ST)eBay auction. It's a complete, boxed copy.

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Following the subtle success of the original line of MSX computers, Microsoft and ASCII presented the MSX 2 standard that featured a new operating system, an impressive new graphics system with 128k of VRAM and a brand new MMU. Then Sony released the very impressive Hit-Bit F1XDMSX 2 micro you can happily bid on via this Sony HB F1XDeBay auction. The computer on offer is fully working and in good cosmetic condition.

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Moonstone: A Hard Day's Knight is one of the rarest games one can grab for ones Amiga and also one of the best. It's a wonderful action-RPG of sorts with incredibly gory arcade battles, druids, traditional RPG-esque taverns, brilliant fantasy monsters, bits of multiplayer and some excellent graphics. Also, it was one of my favourite games during those awkward teen years.

Anyway. Thing is you can bid on this copy of Moonstone (Amiga) on eBay for a complete boxed copy of the game. It comes with manual, Mindscape catalogue, 3.5" disks, poster and registration card. Seller ships to most places worldwide.

Monday, December 7, 2015

The wonderfully bright and wisely back-lit Game Boy Advence SP offers a pretty excellent way of enjoying both GBA and Game Boy games and this Game Boy Advance SPeBay auction seems like a mighty fine chance to actually purchase one. The handheld on offer is the Pearl Blue edition, comes in its box with its manual and is accompanied by three cartridges.

Friday, December 4, 2015

If you want a 32-bit Amiga 1200 with those wonderful AGA visuals and 1 gigabyte worth of hard disk space to fill with stunning games and cool '90s utilities, well, look no further than this Commodore Amiga 1200eBay auction. The machine on offer comes complete with HD, the PSU, a composite video cable and a mouse, and frankly that's all you'll need to get started. Oh, and Workbench 3.0 has already been installed.

Thursday, December 3, 2015

It was stunning in the '90s and it's stunning now. Only difference is that Rayman is nowadays a huge international franchise, whereas 20 years ago it was originally envisaged as an Atari Jaguar exclusive. Still, if you do own Atari's final console, you do owe it a copy of Rayman; it was after all the system's finest platformer and its cartoony 2D were truly beautiful. Also, it's pretty rare too.

Anyway. Here's a Rayman (Atari Jaguar) auction. The game comes complete in its box with manual and lovely cartridge and the seller ships worldwide.

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Haven't posted much about analog gaming lately, but, well, here's an auction for the first 10 issues of White Dwarf to make things up for you. Besides, you can't grab many things much more iconic than these classic issues by Games Workshop, can you? Happily they seem to be in great condition too.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Astro Wars, the electronic table top game from the very early '80s, was one of the few decent shmups one could play outside the halls of an arcade and remains a fun and collectible vintage gaming machine that, impressively, sports four different levels. Oh, and there's this particular Japanese version of Astro Wars you can grab off of eBay too...

The mini-arcade comes in its original box and is tested and working. Seller ships worldwide.